This post was updated Dec. 18, 2017, to reflect final updates to the bill, most notably the change in the cap for the mortgage interest rate deduction from $500,000 to $750,000. The Republican tax proposal unveiled last week includes two changes to the income tax structure that could potentially have significant impacts on homeowners, and… Read More »

Average Down Payment of $76,645 Also at New High Median Down Payment 7.6 Percent of Median Home Price, a 4-Year High; Purchase Loans Up 7 Percent, HELOCs Up 12 Percent, Refis Down 19 Percent from Year Ago IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 14, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database,… Read More »

66 Percent of U.S. Markets Have Now Exceeded Pre-Recession Home Price Peaks; Homeownership Tenure Up to New High of 8.19 Years, New Record Profits for Sellers; Cash Sales Share Up Annually for Second Straight Quarter Following 15 Quarters Down IRVINE, Calif. – Nov. 2, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced… Read More »

Affordability Still Worsens From a Year Ago in 79 Percent of Local Markets; Wage Growth Outpaces Home Price Growth in 48 Percent of Markets Over Past Year; U.S. Home Prices Up 73 Percent, Wages Up 13 Percent Since Q1 2012 IRVINE, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest… Read More »

Rate Up in 53 Percent of Local Markets Led by Metros in Louisiana, New York, Alabama; Dollar Volume of Flipper Financing Rises to Nearly 10-Year High of $4.4 Billion IRVINE, Calif. – Sept. 14, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q2 2017 U.S. Home Flipping… Read More »